NASA Shares Stunning New Images of the Earth at Night

By: Nina Sen, Life's Little Mysteries Contributor

Date: 10 December 2012 Time: 11:51 PM ET

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NASA has released new images of the Earth at night. A global composite image of the Earth at night was constructed using cloud-free night images from a new NASA and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) satellite, the Suomi NPP satellite.

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